Moments earlier than the puck went into the cage, Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo bumped Bennett and despatched him flying in Korpisalo. For what appeared just like the fourth or fifth time within the recreation, the gloves went flying once more for each groups because the pushing and shoving continued.
“I feel there is a little bit of a rivalry there and it is repeatedly rising,” Rodrigues stated. “They play arduous. They’re properly coached. They’re structured. They play the sport the appropriate manner. I feel you have got two groups battling it out.”
At 16:51, Trent Frederic discovered the again of the online to trim Boston’s deficit to 6-3. Making it a two-goal recreation for the Bruins not lengthy after that, David Pastrnak, who scored a team-high 47 targets final season, slipped a shot previous Bobrovsky on the facility play to make it 6-4 at 18:15.
From there, the Panthers held on till the rats began flying.
With one down and 81 extra video games to go, two factors is a good begin.
“It was excellent for us,” Rodrigues stated. “That’s the model we wish to play and the kind of hockey we wish to play. It’s good getting proper into it in Recreation 1. I feel it welcomed all the brand new guys to the staff. It began off as a particular evening and ended fairly properly, too.”
THEY SAID IT
“They (the gamers) work arduous. That’s not the coach. Perhaps the primary camp it was, however they work arduous. They’re on one another in observe and so they’re within the weight room and so they drive arduous. Now we have a whole lot of confidence within the tempo of our recreation.” – Paul Maurice
“I feel it was good to get [the first goal] and simply calm down within the recreation slightly bit.” – Sam Bennett
“Each recreation we appear to play towards them (Boston) appears to be an entertaining one.” – Evan Rodrigues
FIVE CATS STATS
– Aleksander Barkov has recorded an help in ten straight Dwelling Openers.
– Sergei Bobrovsky collected his seventh profession season-opening win.
– Eleven totally different Panthers recorded at the very least one level.
– Anton Lundell fired a team-leading 5 pictures on objective.
– The Panthers led 30-18 in scoring possibilities at 5-on-5.
WHAT’S NEXT?
It’s already time to hit the street!
Kicking off a four-game journey, the Panthers will go to the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.